{"product_id":"a-practised-smile-j-a-smith-9798379161132","title":"A Practised Smile: Where loyalty has its limits","description":"\u003ci\u003e'What percentage chance is there for this individual, the one you've met, the one whose qualifications you're validating, the one you're tracking through contacts - what percentage chance is there that this very individual could be, in the near future, directly culpable for the deaths of others?'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 1984 IRA bombing against members of the British government has led to a wider trawl for intelligence recruits, and twenty-two year old Charlotte unwittingly represents a new academic stream. But the initial welcome from her boss in the British Council in Jordan is guarded and then increasingly patronising and dismissive. Jack, a cynical time-server on his fifth three-year placement, is very clear about what he expects - follow routines, trust in experience, and wait for a promotion and a rapid return to London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNominally an exams officer, Charlotte will soon understand that whatever she does requires a certain degree of complicity. And in a world where loyalty has its limits, the line between the real and the invented grows fainter every day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased entirely upon factual terrorist incidents, this book offers a fictional explanation of a pivotal moment in history - the increasing rejection of individual judgment and a growing reliance upon secondary information.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. a. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798379161132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.51d","brand":"J. a. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851447349503,"sku":"9798379161132","price":9.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-practised-smile-j-a-smith-9798379161132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}